Louise Shepherd , BACP

Louise Shepherd is a counsellor with seven years' experience supporting people through anxiety, burnout and big life changes. She focuses on practical ways to reduce overwhelm and rebuild energy. Louise works with women facing pressure to hold everything together and helps them find a steadier day-to-day rhythm.

She uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. Sessions usually begin by hearing what matters most now and setting small, manageable goals. Louise combines talk-based work with strategies drawn from cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness to ease anxiety and improve coping.

Her background includes work with people dealing with relationship strain, self-esteem issues and trauma. She also supports those facing parenting stresses, career crossroads and grief after separation. The aim is to make change feel achievable rather than overwhelming.

Louise is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She practices from the United Kingdom and holds sessions in English. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging to fit different routines.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book a time that suits them. Louise then offers a collaborative starting session to set goals and agree how to work together moving forward.

How Louise’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps the client make sense of their feelings and choices. This approach is useful for people who need a steady, understanding space to talk things through.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing unhelpful thinking and testing different behaviours. It often uses simple exercises between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve mood, which suit structured online sessions and brief check-ins.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches practical ways to bring attention into the present moment. Short guided practices and breathing exercises can be used during a video call or sent as audio for practice between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as progress is made.

Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat can suit quick check-ins and text messaging supports short updates or reflection between appointments. These options help therapy fit around work, childcare and other commitments.